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November 06, 2014

One Month Accomplished

HI! HAPPY P DAY! Did you know that a girl in
Missouri loves and adores you all? Well I hope so because I love and cherish
every single one of you.

Also I thank you all for your lovely emails. I
have wonderful people in my life. I thank you for your love and support.

WHO CAN BELIEVE I MADE IT ONE
MONTH???????????????? One month down, 17 to go. I CAN DO THIS.

This week we had a really solid district
meeting. I love my district so much. Did I ever tell you that A HUGE MAJORITY
of the missionaries serving here are from UTAH? Like you normally don't even
have to ask, you can just assume they are from Utah and they usually are. So
UTAH is always with me. I love it.

I love fall. I was looking through my miracles
this week and one of the many miracles was seeing the changing leaves. I tell
you, big or small, there are miracles everyday. I LOVE FALL and the changing
leaves. Sister Montgomery, being from Arizona, acts likes changing leaves is like
seeing a dinosaur on the street for the very first time. Oh boy, it is
hilarious and keeps me laughing. Before I forget, Happy Halloween on Friday!!!!

So get this... it is close to the end of the
month so that means... miles on the car...ARE LOW. Guess what that means?
TRACTING!!!!! YAY...We did a lot of tracting this week. We knocked on a man's
door that was Wiccan, he told us which houses we should not go to. He was
worried for our safety and wanted to help us stay safe. We met a lot of
interesting people this week. I taught a lesson to my first atheist, boy was
that interesting... We were walking home one night and a lady told us to
watch out for a certain van, we thanked her. A lot of people tell us to be careful and they
want us to be safe, even if they aren't big fans of the church. THE LORD
PROTECTS HIS MISSIONARIES. I CAN FEEL IT.

So while we were tracting this week, we
knocked on a door and a lady answered the door after like 10 minutes. She soon
said, "come on in", well you see THAT NEVER HAPPENS HERE. We couldn't
see who was behind the door and I didn't recognize the voice, Sister Montgomery
walked in and we were thinking, great... we may not come out alive..........
and then we walked in the house and it was an elderly sister from the
branch.We were surprised this was her
house. After talking to her, we realized that she really needed us and that she
was struggling.We felt like the Lord
had sent us to her house for a very specific and special purpose. THE LORD
KNOWS WHAT HE IS DOING. We invited her to write down miracles she saw during
the day, she agreed and we had a great conversation about the gospel. She
came on Sunday with her notebook of miracles. I WAS SO HAPPY.

This week I may or may not have almost gotten
attacked by a rooster. Don't you worry, I have pictures. We went to a member’s
home for dinner.We went out to the
chicken coop to gather eggs and the rest is history......... EVERYONE THOUGHT
IT WAS SO FUNNY.I saw my life flash
before my eyes. LOL LOL

OKAY LET ME TELL YA SOMETHING; THE BOOK OF
MORMON IS THE BEST. I LOVE IT SO MUCH. I wish I could read it all dayyyyyyy
lonnngggggggggg. I would encourage everyone to read it and study it. Let it
change your life because it has changed mine!!!

MIRACLE- Last night we went to teach a family
that was an Internet referral. Their story is amazing. They moved to Utah for a
month.The first day they were there,
the dad was outside smoking when 4 elders stopped and asked him if they could
help him.He told them they could use
help unpacking. The missionaries helped
them and started teaching them.The
family had a baptism date, but they moved back to Missouri.They didn't get baptized. We went to visit
them a few weeks ago and they were JUST MOVING BACK TO MISSOURI.We knocked on their door. They were overwhelmed
to know that there were missionaries here and they were willing to help and
serve. So last night was our first lesson with them. They have 3 WILD little
boys. One sprayed Mountain Dew all over us. HAHAHA.They are lacking furniture, they sit on lawn
chairs in their house.We found a member
that is going to give them a couch. We were talking and the kids were running
around and yelling. It was a disaster at first. One of the boys invited one of
his friends to come and listen to the lessons. He was so interested in our
message.He told us that a while ago,
his mom wanted to learn about the church.But he had forgotten to give his mom the missionaries phone number.We heard a knock on the door. GUESS WHO IT
WAS? The little boy’s mom!!!We invited
her in to hear our lesson and she agreed. We testified of Joseph Smith and she
said, "I HAVE CHILLS, THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED TONIGHT." We told her
that was the spirit testifying to her the truth of our message. A little later
she said again, "OH I HAVE THE CHILLS AGAIN." YES, THAT IS THE SPIRIT
TESTIFYING TO YOU!!!!! We asked The Bloss family and Sydney and Canden if they
would be baptized when they found out the message we shared were true and they
said YES. The dad shared some experiences with us when he knew that God
answered prayers. The second oldest son, wanted to say the closing prayer, but
was nervous, so I whispered the words and he said it out loud. I whispered to
him to ask Heavenly Father if the message we shared was true and to help his
family and friends come to know that Joseph Smith was a true prophet. We asked
Heavenly Father to answer their prayers. As I whispered, he was so sincere and
said it out loud for everyone to hear. IT WAS ONE OF THE TENDEREST MOMENTS ON
MY MISSION SO FAR.

We are meeting with all of them next
Sunday and plan to keep teaching them the lessons. We are going to teach
them all together. We gave them Book Of Mormon's to read and the mom was so
happy and I WAS SO HAPPY.

The Lord has been preparing these people in
this town. The Lord is the head of this work, we are just instruments in the
work. I LOVE SEEING THE LORDS MIRACLES. I LOVE SEEING HIS HAND IN THIS WORK.

I LOVE YOU ALL.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN.

BE SAFE.

BE HAPPY.

Hey you all... CPR.

Church.

Pray.

Read.

Everything we need to survive in a world that
falls further and further from the teachings of the gospel. CPR!

Jesus Christ is our hope. Heavenly Father is
reaching out his arms, so badly wanting to help us, cling on to him and EMBRACE
his love. HE LOVES YOU. The gospel of Jesus Christ has been restored to
the earth and we have the truth. HOW LUCKY ARE WE?